William gardner



PATENTED' @HUWIQI WILLIAM GARDNYER, OF NEW YORK, N.. Y.

Letters .Patent No. 72,283, dated December 17, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRON SAFES.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM GARDNER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Iron Safe; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved safes partly in section, the door being opent Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, the door being closed.

Figure 3 is a detail view, to be hereinafter referred to. i

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This invention consists in a novel construction of the door of a safe, which is so made as to more e'eetually resist the action of fire and thieves; also in the employment of a false bottom, for the purpose of conveniently and securely fixing the safe to the floor of the chamber in which it is placed, Without impairing its re and burglar-prooi` qualities.

' The invention also consists in an arrangement for more securely-locking the door t'o the case or frame of the safe, so that it can more effectually resist the action of'fire or burglars.

A is the door of the safe, which is hinged to the same inthe usual manner. Itis formed of two iron plates, a a, which are bound together, so as to leave a space between them, which is filled partly by a lining, I, of steel plates, and partly by some suitable -composition for resisting the action of the fire. To the insideofthe door is fixed an iron Z-shuped frame, c, the inner surface or flange of which is covered with a plate, A similar Z-shaped frame, e, is iixed to the inner side of the front of the safe, against which the frame c strikes, so that the faces of the two frames touch each other when the door is closed. The frame e is screwed or riveted to the 'sides of' the safe. This 'construction and arrangement of the frames c and e not only resists the action of iire vand the efforts of thieves to bore through the door, and-thus obtain an entrance, but also prevents the introA duction of wedges ,or other implements between the plate a of the door and the sides of the safe. To the frame c of the door are firmly secured projecting pinsff, which lit into holes of the size and shape of the said pins, arranged in the frame e, as shown, while the door is closed. These pins not only strengthen the whole safe, while closed, but also prevent the spreading ofthe flanges of the frames c or e by burglars implements. Furtheri more, are secured to the frame c projecting pins g, which also pass through holes in the middle ilangeof the Z-sh'aped fiange e. These pins g are provided with incisions, as shown, and the bolts It of the lock fit into these incisions, when locked, and thereby the door is doubly secured to the frame; and even when a hole should be forced into the door, either by powder or in any other manner, the door cannot be opened, unless the bolts are withdrawn from the pins. To that side of the door which is hinged to the safe are, or may be, also arranged such pins, g', which have to be removable from the door, as the same could not beopened unless thc pins are removed, which is obvious. For this reason, these pins are kprovided either with a head, or, if more than one are used, their outer ends are connected by a plate, t', which tits into avgroove arranged in the faceplate a of the door. A side view of two such pins, g', which are connected lby .a plate, t', is shown in fig. 3. When the bolts are withdrawn from these pins, the same can be easily removed, by taking hold of the plate z'and pulling the same, with the pins g, which are attached to the same, from the door.

The bottom, K, ofthe safe is provided with a dove-tailed groove on its under side, into which a dove-tail, Z, which is secured to a false bottom, m, ts. The dove-tailgroove extends from the door to the back. Instead of this groove or channel being formed in the shape shown, it may be in a T or any other suitable shape, the shape ofthe projection on 1n corresponding. The bottom,m, is firmly secured to the oor or rafters of a room by means of countersunk screws n, and the safe is secured to the false bottom by means of screws o, which pass through the bottom, K, into the dove-tail Z, immediately under the door, so that', when the door is closed, these screws o are covered, and cannot be removed. y

AHaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by- Letters Patent, is- 1. The jZ-shaped frames c and e, in combination with the pins ff, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described. I

2. The Z-sllaped frames c and e, in combination with tho pins g on tho door A, substantially as sot forth.

3. The removable pins g and plate z', in combination with the Z-shaped frames c and e, substantially as set forth.

4. The grooved bottom, K, of the safe, in combination with the false bottom, m, the latter being provided with a dove-tail or other projeotion, Z, substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 17th day of January, 1867.

WILLIAM GARDNER.

Witnesses :V

WM. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

